Furniture construction.



No. 620,766. TATRNTRU MAY 15, 1966. T. A. COLE.

FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 1904.

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THOMAS A. COLE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE METALLIC WEBBING Sz MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORA TION OF INDIANA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application iiled July 11,1904. Serial No. 215.990.

To all wiz/0m t may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. COLE, of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Furniture Construction g and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object. of this invention is to provide as an article of merchandise a metal strip adapted to be used in upholstering in the place ofthe webbing and wooden strips heretofore used. These strips are for the purpose of supporting springs where springs are used. in upholstering, as in chair or couch seats, and for bracing any cushion or other upholstering where springs may not be used, as in the back of an upholstered chair.

The webbing strips commonly found in upholstered furniture are the first parts of the Afurniture to break or give Way. The short time during which they hold or remain in place renders the furniture shortlived or requires repeated repairing.

The object of this invention is to provide a continuous metal strip for upholsterers which they can immediately and readily use and cut in the desired lengths for use in connection withany sort of upholstering-work. It is perforated, so that the upholsterer can readily secure the springs or the upholstering material to the strip at any desired point or location without further treatment of the strip.

The general nature of my invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of .a portion of the metallic upholstering-strip referred to, the ends being broken away. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the bottom of an upholstered chair with the legs in cross-sed tion, said chair being provided with said metallic strips. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the back of a chair with the back-covering removed and parts broken away and showing said metallic strips used for bracin the back of the upholstered chair. Fig. fi s ows part of a metallic strip with one central row of perforations. Fig. 5 shows part of a metallic strip with perforations in each edge.

My invention consists in a` strip of sheet metal with one or more rows of closely-located perforations continuous throughout the length of the strip.

In the drawings, 1() represents said metal`- lic strip, and it is provided in Figs. l, 2, and 3 with two rows ofy holes 11, extending from end to end ofthe strip and located closely together and near the edges. I do not wish, however, to limit the invention to tworows of perforations, and when one row of perforations is used I do not wish to limit the location of the perforations to the edge of the strip, for they may be in the middle, as in Fig. fi, and the word perforations as used here and in the claims is used by me ascover ing and including perforationsnot round, but oblong or of other form, and perforatioi'ls at the edges, so as to leave notches in the edges located closely together, as shown iny Fig. 5. A stripcontaining two rows of perforations, one near each edge, is preferable. These strips are made in lengths of several feet each and sold to the upholsterers in that condition, and when it comes to using the same all the upholsterer has to do is to cut from a strip suitable lengths, such as he -may desire for any piece of work, and apply the same to the furniture or the like in the place of the webbing or wooden strips heretofore used.

As seen in Fig. 2, there are four metallic strips 10, two extending in each direction, the length of which is the same as the width of the chair. They are secured to the sides l2 of the chairframe by tacks or the like through the end holes already existing in the strips, and as many other tacks or screws may be driven through as desired, so as to form a firm connection between said strips and the sides ofthe chair. At the intersection of said strips they support springs 13 of the usual kind found in couches and the like, and said springs are secured to. the strips 10 by small wires 14, that pass around the end wires of the springs and through adjacent holes 11 in the metallic strips, as seen in Fig. 2. Any other means besides short pieces of wire may' be used for tying the springs to said metallic strips. Such union can be quickly effected because the holes are already provided in the metallic strips, and by being located close together some holes will always be close enough to the spring for effecting this union. The union between the metallic strips and the springs serves also to hold said strips together at their intersection, although, if desired, said strips may be united at their intersection by passing wires or other uniting means through the adjacent holes of the strips. The springs 14 support the upholstered bottom 15 of the chair.

16 represents the legs of the chair.

Fig. 3 shows the back of a chair formed of posts that are the upper extensions of the legs 16, the seat-bar l2, and the top bar 18. 15 represents the upholstering of the back, and across the back metallic strips 10 are secured. They are fastened at each end by tacks to the posts and between their ends are secured to the upholstering by stitches 20. In the finished chair a cover (not shown here) is secured over what is shown in Fig. 3, and that cover hides the metal strips l0. These metal strips used in upholstering in the place of webbing are much more durable and lasting, as they cannot tear away or the tacks pull out of them, and they are amply strong to resist weight or pressure to any practical extent and will not sag or stretch like webbmg-strips.

If the union between the metal strips and the chair-frame is made suiiiciently strong, it is impossible in the regular use of furniture to break or destroy these metal bracing-strips. Furthermore, screws may be used to secure the ends of metal strips to the frame of the furniture to make the union stronger than tacks through -webbing-strips. This sort of strip having continuous perforations throughout its length and located closely together is capable of universal application and 'without any waste of or change in the material and regardless of the size or sort of furniture or of the springs used in upholstering.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a frame for furniture or the like, of narrow metallic strips secured transversely of each other to said frame and provided throughout their length with continuous series of openings located closely together, suitable upholstering material, and means extending through the openings in said metallic strips for securing the upholstering material thereto, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the frame of furniture or the like, of metallic strips secured at their ends to said frame and provided with perforations throughout their lengths that are located closely together, suitable upholstering material, springs located between the upholstering material and said metallic strips, and means for securing said springs to said strips through the perforations, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto afIiXed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

THOMAS A. COLE. Witnesses V. H. Lockwoon, N ALLnMoNe. 

